09.01 Ordinance Amendment - City Cemetery

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ORDINANCE NO. 17-_, SECOND SERIES AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF THE CITY CODE REGARD[NG REGULATIONS FOR OPERATION OF THE PEQUOT LAKES CEMETERY CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES COUNTY OF CROW WING STATE OF MINNESOTA The City Council of the City of Pequot Lakes does ordain as follows: Purpose and Intent: The purpose of this ordinance amendment is to amend Chapter 5 of the Pequot Lakes City Code regarding regulations for the operation of the Pequot Lakes Cemetery. Amendment: Chapter 5, Article 2 shall be amended as follows: Section 5-2.1. ESTABLISHMENT A cemetery has been established and is continued upon land acquired by petition of the Pequot Cemetery Association and now owned by the City of Pequot Lakes, and described as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter(N.W. corner of N.W. `/4 of the N.E. '/4), Section fifteen (15), Township one hundred and thirty six (136), Range twenty-nine (29); running and thence easterly along the section line twenty-two (22) rods; thence southerly at right angles 22 rods, thence westerly at right angles twenty-two (22) rods; thence northerly and at right angles twenty-two rods to the place of beginning, Crow Wing County, being three and one-fourth (3 `/4) acres. The plat of said cemetery as Jack Curo, surveyor, and placed on file in the office of the City Clerk showing all boundaries, sections, lots, divisions, roads, drives, and paths is hereby adopted as the official plat of said cemetery which shall be called the Pequot Lakes Cemetery. No person shall lay out or establish any cemetery, or use any lot of land within this City for the burial of the dead except in the said City Cemetery, or some other tract of land duly designated as a cemetery by an ordinance of the City Council. Section 5-2.2. REGULATIONS These regulations are designed to operate the cemetery in an orderly fashion and to advance the interests and elevate the character of the Pequot Lakes Cemetery. No changes can be made to these regulations without the approval of the Pequot Lakes City Council. Special requests must be presented to the Council and, if granted, will appear on the deed or addendum to the deed. Section 5-2.3. SALE OF LOTS The City Administrator/Clerk is responsible for collecting fees for the sale of burial lots a� a�ma*��' ^^r� and issuing receipts therefore. Upon receipt of the entire cost of lots sold a�